HungerTech
Congratulations GreenBasket!
In partnership with Elevance Health, the 2023 HungerTech Challenge tasks innovators with creating and implementing tech-enabled business solutions that connect targeted populations experiencing food insecurity to for-profit and not-for-profit food networks.
Winning team GreenBasket developed CropSpots, a click-and-collect model that delivers farmer’s market goods to areas of frequent community engagement instead of homes. With delivery costs not being covered by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), participants can opt-in for group deliveries that allow that cost to be divided and much more manageable. As the HungerTech Innovation Challenge winner, GreenBasket receives $25,000 to help accelerate commercialization of their solution.
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What is HungerTech?
HungerTech is a month-long technology challenge that tasks innovators with ideating and implementing tech=enabled business solutions that connect targeted populations experiencing food insecurity to for-profit and not-for-profit food networks.
Running through April and May, the HungerTech Challenge will help entrepreneurs, students, technologists and existing companies ideate and iterate toward a minimum viable product that can be launched in a pilot later this year. Participants will receive access to AgriNovus research data, connections to subject matter experts and mentors, as well as one-on-one coaching to develop their idea.
How does the HungerTech Challenge work?
Unsure if you’re ready to sign up a team for the HungerTech Innovation Challenge? AgriNovus Senior Director of Innovation, Geoff Zentz, walks through why finding a solution to this problem is critical and what teams can expect. Want to connect with Geoff? Click below to schedule a call.
HungerTech Challenge Overview
Food insecurity is not randomly distributed in the population and is more concentrated among rural, low-income, minority and older populations. There is an opportunity to target and tailor solutions for improving food access via food affordability, distribution, grocery access or transportation.
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Target and tailor solutions for improving food access via affordability, distribution, grocery access or transportation.
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Increase connectivity between consumers and healthy and affordable food options in low-income communities through food assistance programs like food hubs, farmers markets, community-supported agriculture and social service programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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Use data and research to help companies and nonprofit organizations understand food business practices and product offerings, and whether specific programs are reliably helping to promote food security and improve health outcomes.
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